Internet of Things hub for enabling mobility within a manufacturing environment
A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for managing a manufacturing environment, comprising: providing an Internet of Things (IoT) hub, the IoT hub coordinating communication between a mobile device and a product fabrication system; communicating between the mobile device and the product fabrication system via a secure internal network of the manufacturing environment; maintaining a master version of an application on the IoT hub; and, updating a mobile version of an application on the mobile device using the master version of the application maintained on the IoT hub.
1. A computer-implementable method for managing a manufacturing environment, comprising:
providing an Internet of Things (IoT) hub, the IoT hub coordinating communication between a mobile device and a product fabrication system;
communicating between the mobile device and the product fabrication system via a secure internal network of the manufacturing environment;
maintaining a master version of an application on the IoT hub; and,
updating a mobile version of an application on the mobile device using the master version of the application maintained on the IoT hub; and wherein
the mobile application comprises a progressive web application; and,
the progressive web application is provided to the mobile device via the IoT hub.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the updating the mobile version of the application is via the secure internal network of the manufacturing environment.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the updating comprises checking with a mobile device identifier and only an application that is registered to the mobile device corresponding to the mobile device identifier is provided to the mobile device as a progressive web application via the IoT hub.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein:
the mobile device identifier is maintained within a mobile application data repository.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the mobile device executes within a parent control application, the parent control application assuring that the application is the only application accessible via the mobile device.
6. A system comprising:
a processor;
a data bus coupled to the processor; and
a non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium embodying computer program code, the non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium being coupled to the data bus, the computer program code interacting with a plurality of computer operations and comprising instructions executable by the processor and configured for:
providing an Internet of Things (IoT) hub, the IoT hub coordinating communication between a mobile device and a product fabrication system;
communicating between the mobile device and the product fabrication system via a secure internal network of the manufacturing environment;
maintaining a master version of an application on the IoT hub; and,
updating a mobile version of an application on the mobile device using the master version of the application maintained on the IoT hub; and wherein
the mobile application comprises a progressive web application; and,
the progressive web application is provided to the mobile device via the IoT hub.
7. The system of claim 6 , wherein:
the updating the mobile version of the application is via the secure internal network of the manufacturing environment.
8. The system of claim 6 , wherein:
the updating comprises checking with a mobile device identifier and only an application that is registered to the mobile device corresponding to the mobile device identifier is provided to the mobile device as a progressive web application via the IoT hub.
9. The system of claim 8 , wherein:
the mobile device identifier is maintained within a mobile application data repository.
10. The system of claim 6 , wherein:
the mobile device executes within a parent control application, the parent control application assuring that the application is the only application accessible via the mobile device.
11. A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium embodying computer program code, the computer program code comprising computer executable instructions configured for:
providing an Internet of Things (IoT) hub, the IoT hub coordinating communication between a mobile device and a product fabrication system;
communicating between the mobile device and the product fabrication system via a secure internal network of the manufacturing environment;
maintaining a master version of an application on the IoT hub; and,
updating a mobile version of an application on the mobile device using the master version of the application maintained on the IoT hub; and wherein
the mobile application comprises a progressive web application; and,
the progressive web application is provided to the mobile device via the IoT hub.
12. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein:
the updating the mobile version of the application is via the secure internal network of the manufacturing environment.
13. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein:
the updating comprises checking with a mobile device identifier and only an application that is registered to the mobile device corresponding to the mobile device identifier is provided to the mobile device as a progressive web application via the IoT hub.
14. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein:
the mobile device identifier is maintained within a mobile application data repository.
15. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein:
the mobile device executes within a parent control application, the parent control application assuring that the application is the only application accessible via the mobile device.
16. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein:
the computer executable instructions are deployable to a client system from a server system at a remote location.
17. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein:
the computer executable instructions are provided by a service provider to a user on an on-demand basis.